Jane Birkin and Gabrielle Crawford in Cannes, in 2001. (Credit: Dominique Jacovides)
By mistake, sitting on one of the freshly painted benches in a London park, a woman with a bob haircut lets out a high-pitched scream, masked by the commotion of tourists surrounding her. With the phone glued to her ear, she learns with horror that she has lost someone with whom she shared so much over nearly 60 years. Jane Birkin has passed away. Always barefoot, quietly, on a night in that scorching July of 2023.The day before, Gabrielle Crawford was still by her bedside. Weakened by illness, overwhelmed by a life deprived of her eldest daughter and the men who loved her, Birkin no longer left her Parisian apartment."She promised me she was doing well, called me a taxi to the airport without asking anything of me, and forced me to go back home to the UK to rest," explains Crawford, her voice choked with emotion.Their last...
By mistake, sitting on one of the freshly painted benches in a London park, a woman with a bob haircut lets out a high-pitched scream, masked by the commotion of tourists surrounding her. With the phone glued to her ear, she learns with horror that she has lost someone with whom she shared so much over nearly 60 years. Jane Birkin has passed away. Always barefoot, quietly, on a night in that scorching July of 2023.The day before, Gabrielle Crawford was still by her bedside. Weakened by illness, overwhelmed by a life deprived of her eldest daughter and the men who loved her, Birkin no longer left her Parisian apartment."She promised me she was doing well, called me a taxi to the airport without asking anything of me, and forced me to go back home to the UK to rest," explains Crawford, her voice choked with emotion.Their last...